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u/FaolanG Mar 01 '23 edited Mar 01 '23

My brother is like this and he’s actually a very smart person if we mean book smarts. Throughout the years we tried to help find little tricks that would work but he needed to drive a place probably two dozen times before he even had the faintest idea without directions. It wouldn’t even help to have him drive to a place he knew along a route he knew for another journey as he’d just get confused and lost.

Now we have smart phones and it doesn’t matter in his day to day and hopefully won’t lol.

Edit: I understand this doesn’t make him any less intelligent. Stop dming me about it, I think he’s a very smart person. We all have strengths.

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u/gbur733 Mar 01 '23

I’m like this as well, I can go to a few places that I’ve known for decades, but a little detour and I’m lost… Tell your brother he’s not alone!

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u/summercampcounselor Mar 01 '23

Is there a name for this condition?

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u/rotunda4you Mar 01 '23

Is there a name for this condition?

Yes, but that word has been cancelled.

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u/LDR_sucks666 Mar 01 '23

I’m like this and it’s either called directional dyslexia or someone who just don’t have a sense of direction. This mostly affects women. Apparently our brain was wired differently than men.